Italian Crescent Casserole

By TNcook

Ingredients

• 1lb1 lb ground beef, cooked and drained
• 1cup1 cup garlic tomato pasta sauce
• 1can1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1 1/2cups1 1/2 cups shredded Italian cheese blend
• 1/4teaspoon1/4 teaspoon dried basil leaves

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

In skillet, mix cooked beef and pasta sauce. Heat over medium heat until warm.

Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles. Place dough in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate in spoke pattern, with narrow tips overlapping rim of plate about 3 inches.

Press dough in side and bottom of pan to form crust and cover the pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the cheese over dough in the pan.

Spoon meat mixture evenly over cheese.

Bring tips of dough over filling to meet in center; do not overlap.

Sprinkle with remaining ½ cup cheese over the dish followed by the basil. Bake at 375°F 15 to 20 minutes.

Note: baking on lowest rack gets a better baked crust or either extending the baking time may be needed.